Comparison

Small Habits vs Cookie Jar

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Small Habits

Build consistent daily routines with this goal tracker. Monitor up to four habits for free, visualize progress with a calendar, and receive smart reminders. Unlock unlimited habits and full history with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Track up to 4 daily habits
  • Home screen widget
  • Calendar progress visualization
  • Daily check-ins and streaks
  • Smart reminders
  • Shareable photo cards
Features
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Small Habits is a calm, no-clutter habit tracker. Pick a few small habits, check them off each day, and watch your streaks build. No noise, no pressure, no gamified clutter. WHAT YOU GET • One clean list. Tap a habit to check it off. That is the whole app. • Daily, or on the weekdays you choose. Set the rhythm that fits your real life. • iCloud sync. Your habits stay up to date across your devices. • Home Screen widgets. Tap to complete a habit and get a quick look at today. • A photo for every day. Attach a photo to each completed day and share it as a polaroid card. • NEW: Year in Review. The days you showed up, your longest run, best month, top habit and a year heatmap on one shareable card, with an optional photo collage. Story or Square, in Light, Dark or Color. • NEW: Monthly recap. A shareable card for the month you just finished. • Calendar view for every habit, starting the week on your region's first weekday. • Reminders when you want them, quiet when you do not. • Make it yours with custom SF Symbol icons, colors and alternative app icons. • Archive finished habits instead of deleting your history. MADE FOR iPHONE DUO AND iPHONE Unfold iPhone Duo and Today stays one calm, centered column, with a native tab bar, a two-column Habits grid and a centered calendar. WHY SMALL HABITS Most habit apps want you to feel busy. This one wants you to feel steady. There are no loud badges, no streak guilt and no clutter, just the habits you chose and a quiet record of the days you kept them. Independent and made with care since 2019. HONEST PRICING Small Habits is free for up to 4 habits, for as long as you like. Small Habits Pro unlocks unlimited habits and your full history. Choose a weekly plan with a 3-day free trial for eligible customers, or a yearly plan. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://aivarsmeijers.com/privacy-policy/

About

Cookie Jar

Features
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You did something good? Don't let it disappear! We're wired to remember what went wrong. The missed deadline sticks; the project you nailed last month quietly vanishes. Cookie Jar is a place to keep the good stuff. Every time you achieve something - big or small - you bake a cookie for it. Choose your dough, pick your chips, set the size to match how big the win felt, and write down what you did. Then drop it in the jar. - Watch your jar fill up Your cookies stack up in a real, physical-feeling jar. Tap it and they tumble and settle. Swipe between jars as your collection grows. It's not a list you'll never scroll back through — it's a pile of evidence that you've been doing well, right there on your screen. - Make each cookie yours Chocolate or buttery dough. Chocolate chips or rainbow. Small for a quiet everyday win, huge for the one you'll still be proud of next year. After a while you'll recognize your own achievements just by looking at them. - Little reminders, when you want them Turn on gentle nudges - one, two, or three a day - and Cookie Jar will surface something you already accomplished. Not another task. Not another thing you're behind on. Just a small "hey, remember when you did this?" - Relive any win Tap a cookie to open it up and read what earned it. And when you're ready to let one go, you can always eat it. - Simple, private, quiet No accounts. No feeds. No followers. No streaks to break or scores to chase. Your jar is yours, and nobody else is looking in it. -- Finished the thing you'd been dreading? Went for a run? Said no when you needed to? Called your mum? Fixed the bug? Got out of bed on a hard day? They all count! Bake a cookie! -- Terms of Service: https://cookiesjar.app/cjtos.html Privacy Policy: https://cookiesjar.app/cjpp.html

Screenshots

Small Habits4 screens
Cookie Jar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Small Habits at 17.6 against Cookie Jar's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Small Habits sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Cookie Jar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Small Habits versus Cookie Jar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmall HabitsCookie Jar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (31 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSleepyBytes SIATomasz Milczarek

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Small Habits

Subscriptions5
  • Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • 1 month$8.991 Month
  • Yearly Plan$10.001 Year
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  • 1 year7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • 1 year$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$24.99
1 purchases

Cookie Jar

One-time1
  • Full Jar Forever$9.99

Questions

Is Small Habits free?
Small Habits is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cookie Jar free?
Cookie Jar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Small Habits or Cookie Jar have ads?
Neither Small Habits nor Cookie Jar shows ads.

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